[OccumCymn]

Assalaamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah,

Not that the question matters much since it's a book of grammer, not aqeedah.

But what prompted the question was:
In Lesson Thirty Nine, when giving examples of fi'l muta'addi which have 3 mafaa'eel, the author gives the following example:

a3lama Allahu rasooluhu alyyan (3) imaaman
i.e. Allah informed his messenger that Ali (AS) was an Imaam.

I know the authorship is shrouded in mystery but could this be a lead?

Wassalaam

[Bromikka]

Assalaamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah,

Not that the question matters much since it's a book of grammer, not aqeedah.

But what prompted the question was:
In Lesson Thirty Nine, when giving examples of fi'l muta'addi which have 3 mafaa'eel, the author gives the following example:

a3lama Allahu rasooluhu alyyan (3) imaaman
i.e. Allah informed his messenger that Ali (AS) was an Imaam.

I know the authorship is shrouded in mystery but could this be a lead?

Wassalaam

What is strange about the statement? I mean, wasn't he an "Imam" in the sense that he was a leader of the Muslims?

[janeloveslifenow]

What is strange about the statement? I mean, wasn't he an "Imam" in the sense that he was a leader of the Muslims?

I don't think being an "Imam" is the strange part, but Allah "informing" Rasulullah of that is what the brother meant.

[Caursedus]

Yep - That along with the fact that there is "Alayhissalaam" next to his name. That is a hallmark of the shi'a although intrinsically there is nothing wrong with using that honorific alongside the names of the ahlul bayt.

[8Zgkdeee]

They say the author was Abu Hayyan and he was a pure sunni.

[Anavaralo]

They say the author was Abu Hayyan and he was a pure sunni.

Alhamdulillah! We can only do husn dhann re: that odd sentence.

[joeyCanada]

It is unknown, this books is used by both schools and in the printed version (5th addition) I saw by the Shia it had statements by their 12 Imams at the beginning before the intro.

I say the matter is not worth looking into for the reason you stated at the beginning.

[w3QHxwNb]

Yep - That along with the fact that there is "Alayhissalaam" next to his name. That is a hallmark of the shi'a although intrinsically there is nothing wrong with using that honorific alongside the names of the ahlul bayt.

that doesn't necessarily make one shiah. this has been discussed on this forum

[Yyaqyped]

السلام عليكم

Look I said it wasn't worth looking into and this is true, but since I had some time on my hands I looked into it myself very quickly.

This is the fifth print by the Shia, as you can see it is intended to be taught in their Hawzat, and they said they edited some unclear phrases in it.



In their print you can read "`Aliyyan (as) Imama" at the bottom.



But then I went and got my hands on the manuscript.



And as you can read in the manuscript, the bottom of page 61 on the right, there is no mention of `Ali (ra), it says Zaid instead.



And Allah knows best.